New trial for Mason homebuilder in fraud case

5:01 PM,
Apr. 2, 2013

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A federal appeals court has ordered a new trial for a Mason homebuilder convicted in connection with a $3.5 million fraud scheme involving multimillion-dollar homes.

Bernard J. Kurlemann, 59, was convicted in November 2010 of making false statements to a lending institution and bankruptcy fraud and ordered to serve two concurrent 24-month sentences and pay back $1.1 million in restitution.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati Tuesday reversed Kurlemann's conviction of making false statements while upholding his bankruptcy fraud convictions. ...